The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21
THE MARINE CORSET.
MADE TO SWIM IN ONLY.

MADE TO SWIM IN ONLY
rsr,ures. or the scheme To Make women
Look Nice white Bnthinr-It 10 Very
Costly. and Only Few Can AFFORD It-Not
for Hire at the nathins Bsachos.
seashorc millinery art has so far advanced
chat not only DO bathing dresses cost as much
A many wolnan's whole outfit. but special
,vaterproof oorsots are made and sold at such
,r,ecs that II would tako q sowing girls weeks
,raaes to buy single pair. Tho old loose fan
nal bathing dress was 50 awkward and hideous
that no ono thought of wearing n corset with
n. II was beyond Identifying. With the COM
ina OF pretty aud neat bathing dresses that
dttod tho figure like tailor made jacket.
women began to see the mood Of something to
make their waists and busts rs shnpey In tho
vator ~ on shore. Modern bathing doesn't
oon,lst 70 much OF actual contact with and i'm
,narsion in tho water US posing and fascinating
an tho sands. To d. this well tho figure must
be trim. and not floppy or bulgy.
few years asro there was no bathing corset,
and women who jisllked to be seen unsupport-
Al had to take thoir eorssts Into tho water with
them. This was done sometimes but not often
enough to set tho fashion. The ordinary cor
sst. that is exhibited In overy dry goods store.
IA not tho kind Of thing to be worn In the water.
For one reason, wett!ng 1t makes It spoil. and
the same corset could not be used often with
out losing It's shape Then the steel supports
prevented swimming. and rs soon as tho bath
Ing dress WAS wot the fact OF the corset became
obtrusIvely apparent, and the combination was
only II tho bust wero not allowed TO become
vet, and wavo might ruin the appearance OF
fhO whole Kot up. 1t was not 30 much The dam
are TO tho corse.s that stood in tho wny OF the
universal use OF thom W. 1t was the damage to
the contour. and the exposure OF the dsvtce
conspQGsnt on oyery wave.
Il did not take long for some shrowd trades
man to doyise ,corseis tina, could DO worn in
but tho knowledge OF tho existence Of such q
beneficial thing aid not spread ut once. and It
corset appeared rs part OF a fashionable bath.
Inv dross, along with tho black SILK stockings
and the high-hocled slippers or white sandals.
wear corsets In the wnlor. ms they don't tell
aud tho men who work around tho bath houses
and the beaGhes arc not exact guessors ON such
he fashionable female bathers wear some
to &sbu Gsnf Park and coney Island. whers
bury Park the excellent JamSs Bradley, who
merous rules posted along the beach that Ln-
dies who, are ladies will use no adventitious
aids to beauty when IN the water. such being
Tho bathing corset takes many forms and
has many prices One Of the original IDEAS was
; ssS 70 f'a ns bus: nu Nth o s0sh '" Ws
iav. This would net interfere, with swim
Rs% ss' to sag. n tight bathips dress, we'll
belted In preserved the corset. But this device v,
ins corset. 10 FAR as could be Observed
Orc. either stiff and do, not allow easy motion
and swimming with chest stroke. or they are
promise devices 10 a knitted affair that is put
laced Up HIT 6siors selPs IN ~ liz strings
tighter. thus counterncttng the stretching
that comes from efforts to swim or use the
has
corsets for women whose forms require more
support Tho wires are not solid. and move on
each other with joints, The evolutiops Of the
linked mail shir. q middle ages:
The prices OF bathing corsets vary aim ost as
cheap, except the home made devices like the
swathing In linen bandages. The use OF them
is not 90 general as to make their display IN
show windows common. and the women who
do enrloy their aid. somehow or other. do not
care to have the fact known A fair article Of
u a woman bnthes every day it may be necss-
Sary to have more than one corset. Bathing
Ss a bathing dress. and to woman OF delicate
health It might be unsafe to put on a clammy
bathing corset and wear 1t down to the beach.
Cheaper corsets can be had by stripping much
Of the cloth from an ordinary corset and max
ing It over on the frame. but woman WHO Is
tashI9nahle enough to wear bathing eorsets
her old ones for use In the water. 1t would
seem as II the coming bathing corset would be
made OF rubber covered wire Tho next
thing In form lmprovers for the bath will be to
wear waterproof wigs and pads. A waterproof
complexion has already been invented.